International and comparative law of inter-religious relations

Teacher(s)

Christians Louis-Léon;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The course LDROI1511 « Introduction au droit islamique » and one of the courses of canon law LTHEO1210 ou LTHEO2272 are recommanded as prerequisites.

Main themes

2016-2017
2016-2017
The concept of "(religious) law" and the methodology of comparative law applied to religions: Buddhism, Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam.
Comparative Law as a tool for Religious Studies across selected themes: Sacred Punishment, Clergy, Public / Private, Personal Status, Women, Marriage, Justice, Governance, Apostasy, Death, State, Ecumenism, etc.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	The student will be able to measure the stakes of a comparison of religious Laws as a vehicle for understanding the diversity of religious traditions and as a contribution to interreligious dialogue. The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled ¿Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit¿.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

The first part of the course presents and analyzes some new international mechanisms aimed in favouring specifically religious dimension of intercultural dialogue - Theories of interconvictionnal public dialogues ' ONU Alliance of Nations ' Council of Europe Religious Dimensions of Intercultural Dialogue ' EU Open, transparent and regular dialogue under Art. 17 TFEU of the European Union ' other programs by the World Bank programs, UNESCO, etc.
The second part goes into detail on issues chosen by the students themselves (in international or comparative law). One or two invited speakers also come to analyse some topical issues.
Examples of themes to be chosen : Dialogue and radicalization - public initiative of interconvictionnel dialogue - Litigation and conflict resolution - Policy and legal regime of Faith Based Initiatives in USA etc

Evaluation methods

The evaluation will be made on the basis of a written work by about fifteen pages analyzing in a interdisciplinary way a dialogue initiative launched by a public institution.

Bibliography

Cfr le moodle du cours
WILLAIME, J. P., Le retour du religieux dans la sphère publique, Vers une laïcité de reconnaissance et de dialogue, éd. Olivétan 2008, 112 pp.;
JOBIN, G., La Foi dans l'espace public. Un dialogue théologique avec la philosophie morale de Jean-Marc Ferry, Les Presses Universitaires de Laval, Québec, 2004 
TIMMERMAN, Chr., SEGAERT, B., How to conquer the barriers to intercultural Dialogue, Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Peter Lang, Gods, Humans and Religions, vol. 5, 2004

Faculty or entity

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